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Mode of Operating Cars on Inclined Planes. No. 231,020. Patented Aug. 10,1880.

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J. DELANEY. Mode of Operating Cars on Inclined Planes. No. 231,020.

Patented Aug. 10,1880.

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J. DELANEY. I Mode of Operating Gars on Inclined Planes. No. 231,020. Patented Aug. 10, I880.

NITED STATES PATENT f FFl JOSEPH DELANEY, OF ASHLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO MICHAEL MQDELANEY, OF SAME PLACE.

MODE OF OPERATlNG CARS ON INCLINED PLANES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 231,020, dated August 10, 1880.

Application filed February 2. 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH DELANEY, acitizen of the United States, residing in Ashland, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, have invented a certain Improvement in Operating Cars on Inclined Planes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of hoisting mechanism which is used in connection with inclined planes, and in which the hoisting-rope is attached to a pusher-ttuck, the latter sinking beneath the track at the foot of the inclined plane when cars are lowered thereon, and rising above the truck and bearing against the rear of cars which have to he hoisted.

The objects of my invention are to obviate the necessity of special tracks for the pushertruck or barney, to utilize said pusher-truck as a water-elevator, to prevent the spilling of coal or other granular material from the car while thelatteris ascending the plane, and to .efi'ect the instant stoppage of the pusher-truck and car in the event of the breaking of the hoisting-rope. These objects I attain in a manner too fully described hereinafter to need preliminary explanation, reference being bad to the accompanying sheets of drawings, in which- Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a vertical section of an inclined plane with my improvements,'the car being on the level at the foot of the plane; Fig. 2, a plan view of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, Sheet 2, the same as Fig. 1, but showing the ear advanced on the lower level into position for be.-

ing acted upon by the pusher-truck; Fig. 4, a perspective View of the pusher-truck; Fig. 5, an enlarged transverse section on the line 1 2, Fig. 3; Fig. 6, Sheet 3, a View showing the 40 car at the head of the plane; Fig. 7, a detached view illustrating one of the minor features of the invention; Fig. 8, Sheet at, a view showing the application of the invention to a plane in which the hoisting-rope is under- 5 neath the car; and Figs. 9 and 10, diagrams illustrating another feature of the invention.

A, Figs. 1 and 2, is an inclined plane, B the level at the foot of the same, and D the level at the top, the plane and levels being provided with tracks a, to which are adapted the wheels I) of the car E to be hoisted, and

also the wheels b of a pusher-truck, F. to which are hinged bars G G, and to the latter is connected the hoisting-rope .1, which passes over a pulley at the top of the plane, and is 5 wound round the usual hoisting-drum.

Below the level B, at the foot of the plane, is a pit, J, in the front of which are inclined rails 0, adapted to the front wheels, I), of the pusher-truck, and at the sides of the pit are arranged curved rails Fig. 7, adapted to supplementary wheels t' on the rear axle of the truck.

On the top of the pusher-truck'I are rails m, of the same gage as the rails a of the inclined plane, so that when the said truck is in the pit a car, E, may be pushed from the level B over the truck to a point near the foot of the plane, as shown in Fig. 3, the draft-bars G of the muck extending on each side of the car.

The hoisting-drum beingset in motion, there will be a pull of the rope w on the draft-bars and pushentruck, and the front wheels, I), of the latter will traverse the inclined rails 0 while the wheels 'i traverse the curved rails f, and the truck F must consequently rise from the pit, and a bumper on the truck will come into contact with abumper on the car E, which will be pushed ahead of the truck F as the latter traverses the level B and as cends the inclined plane A. (See Fig. 6.) On arriving at the head of the plane the loaded car E will traverse the level D, the front connection of the draft-bars G being sufliciently elevated to permit the car to pass beueath it. An empty car may then be run against. the truck F and allowed to descend the plane with the latter, the truck dropping into the pit J at the foot of the plane, and thereby permitting the empty car to run over the rails m of the truck onto the outer portion of the level B.

By providing the pusher-truck with rails which the cars E can traverse the said truck can be so constructed as to run upon the same 5 rails a as the cars, so that the expense of a separate track for the pusher-truck is obviated.

To the truck F is hinged a plate or h0od,M, by means of jointed bars a, the rear end of the said hood being furnished with wheels g adapted to elevated rails I at the head and foot. of the plane, and the front end of the hood being connected to the hoisting-rope. When a car is being drawn up the plane Athe hood M rests upon the top of the said car, and is held in position thereon by the tension of the hoistingrope and its connections, the hood thus preventing the spilling of any of the contents of the car. The rails I support the hood at the top and bottom of the plane, so that the cars can run freely under the hood or can pass freely from beneath the same.

The front end of each draft-bar G is provided with a hook, s, and outside of each rail a is a rack, S, formed of longitudinal beams and transverse rods suitably spaced. (See Figs. 1 and 2.) In the event of the breaking of the l'ioisting-rope the front ends of the bars G will fall, the hooks s will engage with the racks, and the pusher-truck and car will be arrested.

The body of the pusher-truck F is hollow, so as to form a tank, Fig. 6, in the bottom of which is an opening, a, to which is adapted a valve, 10, opening upward and furnished with a downwardly-projecting arm, 1;.

When the pit J is at the bottom of a mineslope it is utilized as a sump, the water being allowed to collect in the pit, so that when the truck F runs into the latter the valve 10 will open and the hollow body of the truck will be filled with water. As the truck rises from the pit the valve to will be closed and the escape of the water prevented. .t or near the head of the slope, however, is a block, 19, Fig. (i, which will so act upon the rod 11 as to elevate the valve and permit the water to escape, the water running down the plane until it is received and carried off by a trough or conduit, P.

When it. is desired to run the truck F into a sump at a lower level than that of the pit J a portion of the level B should be hinged or otherwise rendered adjustable or detachable, so as to permit the truck to pass from the pit, as shown in Fig 7.

Where there is a change in the inclination of the plane it is advisable to make the draftbars G in two sections jointed together, and to combine with the joints between the sections a yoke, \V, which extends over the car, so that in passing thej unction ofthe two planes the yoke will rest upon the car and support thejoint at a proper distance above the track, as in Fig. 10, thereby preventing the contact of the hooks s of the draft-bars with the rack, which might occur if the draft-bars were made in one piece and were not so supported. (See explanatory diagram, Fig. 9.)

The chains 75, by means of which the 'hoisting-rope isattached to the bar connecting the front ends of the draft-bars, should be provided with swiveled or pivoted connections, so as to permit the proper freedom of movement of the various parts; or the chains may, it desired. be connected by a suitable joint to the bars G, instead of to the connecting-bar.

In Fig. 8 I have shown my invention applied to an inclined plane in which the hoisting-rope is beneath the car. In this case the rope may be connected directly to the pusher-truck, the draft-bars G not being necessary.

In some cases the hood M may be connected to and supported by the draft-bars G, instead of by the truck F, although the latter plan is preferred.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of an inclined plane having rails to and a pit or depression at the foot of the same, with a pusher-truck having wheels adapted to said rails to, and having rails m, coinciding With the rails ofthe plane, specified.

2. The level B, having rails to and a pit, J, with the rails e and f, in combination with a ])IlSllt1 ilIl(Jl( having wheels 1), adapted to the rails e, and supplementary wheels i, adapted to the rails)", as specified.

3. The combination of the car E with a hood, III, independent thereof, and with means, subst antially as described, for supporting and conveying the said hood, whereby it is caused to move with and cover, or partly cover, the car as the latter is being drawn up the slope, as set forth.

4. The combination of the hood M and devices for carrying the same with elevated rails I at top and bottom of the slope, whereby the hood is supported and the cars permitted to pass under the same, as specified.

5. The combination of the pusher-truck, the hood M, the rails I, and thejointed bars a, as specified.

6. The combination of the hoisting-rope m,

the pusher-truck, the draft-bars G, having hooks s, and the rack S, with which said hooks engage on the breakin g of the rope, as set forth. 7. The combination of the hoisting-rope x, the pusher-truck, and jointed draft-bars furnished with a yoke, W, as specified.

8. A pusher-truck having a hollow body with alved outlet, as specified.

9. The combination of the pusher-truck with the level B, having a pit, J, and an adjustable or detachable section, whereby the truck is permitted to pass downward out of the pit, as set forth.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH DELANEY.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM LEVY, HAMILTON JOHNSTON. 

